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<FONT color="green">001</FONT>    /*<a name="line.1"></a>
<FONT color="green">002</FONT>     * Copyright 2007-2008 Michele Mostarda ( michele.mostarda@gmail.com ).<a name="line.2"></a>
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<FONT color="green">017</FONT>    <a name="line.17"></a>
<FONT color="green">018</FONT>    <a name="line.18"></a>
<FONT color="green">019</FONT>    package com.asemantics.rdfcoder.model.ontology;<a name="line.19"></a>
<FONT color="green">020</FONT>    <a name="line.20"></a>
<FONT color="green">021</FONT>    import java.io.OutputStream;<a name="line.21"></a>
<FONT color="green">022</FONT>    import java.io.PrintStream;<a name="line.22"></a>
<FONT color="green">023</FONT>    import java.net.URL;<a name="line.23"></a>
<FONT color="green">024</FONT>    <a name="line.24"></a>
<FONT color="green">025</FONT>    /**<a name="line.25"></a>
<FONT color="green">026</FONT>     * Defines the ontology generated by a {@link com.asemantics.rdfcoder.model.java.JavaCodeHandler}<a name="line.26"></a>
<FONT color="green">027</FONT>     */<a name="line.27"></a>
<FONT color="green">028</FONT>    public interface Ontology {<a name="line.28"></a>
<FONT color="green">029</FONT>    <a name="line.29"></a>
<FONT color="green">030</FONT>        /**<a name="line.30"></a>
<FONT color="green">031</FONT>         * Defines a relation &lt;i&gt;Subject&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;predicate&lt;/i&gt;,<a name="line.31"></a>
<FONT color="green">032</FONT>         * &lt;i&gt;object&lt;/i&gt; in the ontology.<a name="line.32"></a>
<FONT color="green">033</FONT>         *<a name="line.33"></a>
<FONT color="green">034</FONT>         * @param subjectPrefix<a name="line.34"></a>
<FONT color="green">035</FONT>         * @param predicate<a name="line.35"></a>
<FONT color="green">036</FONT>         * @param objectPrefix<a name="line.36"></a>
<FONT color="green">037</FONT>         */<a name="line.37"></a>
<FONT color="green">038</FONT>        void defineRelation(String subjectPrefix, URL predicate, String objectPrefix) throws OntologyException;<a name="line.38"></a>
<FONT color="green">039</FONT>    <a name="line.39"></a>
<FONT color="green">040</FONT>        /**<a name="line.40"></a>
<FONT color="green">041</FONT>         * Defines a relation &lt;i&gt;Subject&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;predicate&lt;/i&gt;,<a name="line.41"></a>
<FONT color="green">042</FONT>         * &lt;i&gt;literal object&lt;/i&gt; in the ontology.<a name="line.42"></a>
<FONT color="green">043</FONT>         *<a name="line.43"></a>
<FONT color="green">044</FONT>         * @param subjectPrefix<a name="line.44"></a>
<FONT color="green">045</FONT>         * @param predicate<a name="line.45"></a>
<FONT color="green">046</FONT>         */<a name="line.46"></a>
<FONT color="green">047</FONT>        void defineRelation(String subjectPrefix, URL predicate) throws OntologyException;<a name="line.47"></a>
<FONT color="green">048</FONT>    <a name="line.48"></a>
<FONT color="green">049</FONT>        /**<a name="line.49"></a>
<FONT color="green">050</FONT>         * Defines a relation *  , &lt;i&gt;predicate&lt;/i&gt; , * in the ontology. <a name="line.50"></a>
<FONT color="green">051</FONT>         *<a name="line.51"></a>
<FONT color="green">052</FONT>         * @param predicate<a name="line.52"></a>
<FONT color="green">053</FONT>         */<a name="line.53"></a>
<FONT color="green">054</FONT>        void defineRelation(URL predicate) throws OntologyException;<a name="line.54"></a>
<FONT color="green">055</FONT>    <a name="line.55"></a>
<FONT color="green">056</FONT>        /**<a name="line.56"></a>
<FONT color="green">057</FONT>         * Removes an already defined relation from the ontology.<a name="line.57"></a>
<FONT color="green">058</FONT>         *<a name="line.58"></a>
<FONT color="green">059</FONT>         * @param subjectPrefix<a name="line.59"></a>
<FONT color="green">060</FONT>         * @param predicate<a name="line.60"></a>
<FONT color="green">061</FONT>         * @param objectPrefix<a name="line.61"></a>
<FONT color="green">062</FONT>         */<a name="line.62"></a>
<FONT color="green">063</FONT>        void undefineRelation(String subjectPrefix, URL predicate, String objectPrefix) throws OntologyException;<a name="line.63"></a>
<FONT color="green">064</FONT>    <a name="line.64"></a>
<FONT color="green">065</FONT>        /**<a name="line.65"></a>
<FONT color="green">066</FONT>         *  Removes an already defined relation from the ontology.<a name="line.66"></a>
<FONT color="green">067</FONT>         *<a name="line.67"></a>
<FONT color="green">068</FONT>         * @param subjectPrefix<a name="line.68"></a>
<FONT color="green">069</FONT>         * @param predicate<a name="line.69"></a>
<FONT color="green">070</FONT>         */<a name="line.70"></a>
<FONT color="green">071</FONT>        void undefineRelation(String subjectPrefix, URL predicate) throws OntologyException;<a name="line.71"></a>
<FONT color="green">072</FONT>    <a name="line.72"></a>
<FONT color="green">073</FONT>        /**<a name="line.73"></a>
<FONT color="green">074</FONT>         * Validates a triple over the current ontology.<a name="line.74"></a>
<FONT color="green">075</FONT>         *<a name="line.75"></a>
<FONT color="green">076</FONT>         * @param subject the triple subject.<a name="line.76"></a>
<FONT color="green">077</FONT>         * @param predicate the triple predicate.<a name="line.77"></a>
<FONT color="green">078</FONT>         * @param object the triple object.<a name="line.78"></a>
<FONT color="green">079</FONT>         */<a name="line.79"></a>
<FONT color="green">080</FONT>        void validateTriple(String subject, String predicate, String object) throws OntologyException;<a name="line.80"></a>
<FONT color="green">081</FONT>    <a name="line.81"></a>
<FONT color="green">082</FONT>        /**<a name="line.82"></a>
<FONT color="green">083</FONT>         * Validates a triple literal over the current ontology.<a name="line.83"></a>
<FONT color="green">084</FONT>         *<a name="line.84"></a>
<FONT color="green">085</FONT>         * @param subject the triple subject.<a name="line.85"></a>
<FONT color="green">086</FONT>         * @param predicate the triple object.<a name="line.86"></a>
<FONT color="green">087</FONT>         */<a name="line.87"></a>
<FONT color="green">088</FONT>        void validateTripleLiteral(String subject, String predicate) throws OntologyException;<a name="line.88"></a>
<FONT color="green">089</FONT>    <a name="line.89"></a>
<FONT color="green">090</FONT>        /**<a name="line.90"></a>
<FONT color="green">091</FONT>         * Returns the number of relations defined in the ontology.<a name="line.91"></a>
<FONT color="green">092</FONT>         *<a name="line.92"></a>
<FONT color="green">093</FONT>         * @return a positive number.<a name="line.93"></a>
<FONT color="green">094</FONT>         */<a name="line.94"></a>
<FONT color="green">095</FONT>        int getRelationsCount();<a name="line.95"></a>
<FONT color="green">096</FONT>    <a name="line.96"></a>
<FONT color="green">097</FONT>        /**<a name="line.97"></a>
<FONT color="green">098</FONT>         * Returns &lt;code&gt;true&lt;/code&gt; if the i-th &lt;i&gt;object&lt;/i&gt; is a literal,<a name="line.98"></a>
<FONT color="green">099</FONT>         * &lt;code&gt;false&lt;/code&gt; otherwise.<a name="line.99"></a>
<FONT color="green">100</FONT>         * <a name="line.100"></a>
<FONT color="green">101</FONT>         * @param i<a name="line.101"></a>
<FONT color="green">102</FONT>         * @return &lt;code&gt;true&lt;code&gt; if literal.<a name="line.102"></a>
<FONT color="green">103</FONT>         */<a name="line.103"></a>
<FONT color="green">104</FONT>        boolean isLiteralRelation(int i);<a name="line.104"></a>
<FONT color="green">105</FONT>    <a name="line.105"></a>
<FONT color="green">106</FONT>        /**<a name="line.106"></a>
<FONT color="green">107</FONT>         * Returns the relation i-th subject prefix.<a name="line.107"></a>
<FONT color="green">108</FONT>         *<a name="line.108"></a>
<FONT color="green">109</FONT>         * @param i<a name="line.109"></a>
<FONT color="green">110</FONT>         * @return the subject prefix string.<a name="line.110"></a>
<FONT color="green">111</FONT>         */<a name="line.111"></a>
<FONT color="green">112</FONT>        String getRelationSubjectPrefix(int i);<a name="line.112"></a>
<FONT color="green">113</FONT>    <a name="line.113"></a>
<FONT color="green">114</FONT>         /**<a name="line.114"></a>
<FONT color="green">115</FONT>         * Returns the relation i-th predicate.<a name="line.115"></a>
<FONT color="green">116</FONT>          *<a name="line.116"></a>
<FONT color="green">117</FONT>         * @param i<a name="line.117"></a>
<FONT color="green">118</FONT>         * @return the predicate.<a name="line.118"></a>
<FONT color="green">119</FONT>         */<a name="line.119"></a>
<FONT color="green">120</FONT>        URL getRelationPredicate(int i);<a name="line.120"></a>
<FONT color="green">121</FONT>    <a name="line.121"></a>
<FONT color="green">122</FONT>        /**<a name="line.122"></a>
<FONT color="green">123</FONT>         * Returns the relation i-th object prefix.<a name="line.123"></a>
<FONT color="green">124</FONT>         *<a name="line.124"></a>
<FONT color="green">125</FONT>         * @param i index discriminative of the object.<a name="line.125"></a>
<FONT color="green">126</FONT>         * @return the prefix.<a name="line.126"></a>
<FONT color="green">127</FONT>         */<a name="line.127"></a>
<FONT color="green">128</FONT>        String getRelationObjectPrefix(int i);<a name="line.128"></a>
<FONT color="green">129</FONT>    <a name="line.129"></a>
<FONT color="green">130</FONT>        /**<a name="line.130"></a>
<FONT color="green">131</FONT>         * Prints the current ontology in a readable form.<a name="line.131"></a>
<FONT color="green">132</FONT>         *<a name="line.132"></a>
<FONT color="green">133</FONT>         * @param ps<a name="line.133"></a>
<FONT color="green">134</FONT>         */<a name="line.134"></a>
<FONT color="green">135</FONT>        void printOntology(PrintStream ps);<a name="line.135"></a>
<FONT color="green">136</FONT>    <a name="line.136"></a>
<FONT color="green">137</FONT>        /**<a name="line.137"></a>
<FONT color="green">138</FONT>         * Prints the current ontology in OWL format.<a name="line.138"></a>
<FONT color="green">139</FONT>         *<a name="line.139"></a>
<FONT color="green">140</FONT>         * @param os<a name="line.140"></a>
<FONT color="green">141</FONT>         */<a name="line.141"></a>
<FONT color="green">142</FONT>        void toOWL(OutputStream os);<a name="line.142"></a>
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